omestic abuse allega your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. the embattled sheriff back in court today. the legal shake-up and the abuse allegations. . "occupy oakland" faces off with city council. how a meeting to save jobs was derailed. >> and no major accidents as you head out but roadwork could slow you down. we'll tell you about it coming up. >> high pressure and more clouds. what does it mean? we'll talk about that in just a moment. >> good morning. it's thursday, january 26. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. sheriff ross mirkarimi is going to have a new lawyer today in court. anne makovec explains the san francisco sheriff is fighting to be reunited with his family. anne joins from us san francisco. reporter: good morning. today is a big deal with all the players involved. sheriff mirkarimi is being forced to stay away from his

wife and son. they all want to be together as a family because she is denying the accusations. today's court hearing could lift that protective order. mirkarimi has only been in office since january 8 and is charged with three misdemeanor counts after an incident on new year's eve when he is accused of bruising his wife's arm in front of their 2-year-old son. he had to turn in his guns but despite public and political pressure, he is planning to stay on as sheriff although he says he wouldn't collect any pay during his trial which is set to start february 24. now, the list of witnesses came out yesterday including mirkarimi's wife eliana lopez but again she is so far denying the charges against him. mirkarimi's ex-girlfriend is also expected on the stand, christina flores. she has a similar accusation of abuse. then there is i'very madison the neighbor who brought this case to police after she says

mirkarimi's wife came to her house asking her to photograph that alleged bruise. also on the witness list another neighbor, some domestic violence experts and investigators. and frank, as you mentioned, there is going to be a new lawyer at mirkarimi's side today, lidia stiglich a lawyer from berkeley. he apparently parted ways from his former lawyer, bob waggener. >> thank you, anne. san diego police are charging two men with beating a uc-berkeley student during christmas break. 18-year-old grant richmond was attacked outside a friend's home last month. doctors really didn't expect him to survive but the san diego "union-tribune" reports he is now in rehab and is improving. the suspects are charged with the attack on richman and a number of other people that same night. relatives of a man killed by bart police are filing a wrongful death suit. 45-year-old charles hill was shot to death at bart's civic center station in san

francisco. that happened july 3. officials say he had threatened officers with a knife and bottle before he was shot. hill's brother is suing the transit agency for unspecified damages. and new this morning, the president of iran says he is readyhave talks with world powers -- to have talks with world powers about his country's nuclear program. iran is facing tough sanctions. mahmoud ahmadinejad says they won't force iran to give in to western demands. a united nations nuclear agency team is expected to visit iran this weekend. legal probe into the san bruno pipeline explosion now has a new leader with close ties to california public utilities commission. commission president michael peavy appointed himself to be in charge of the investigation. he has led the agency since 2003. federal and state reviews faulted the commission's oversight in the past. pg&e could face millions of dollars in fines for violating safety rules tied to that 2010

blast. representatives from pg&e and public utilities commission are expected to answer some more questions tonight during a forum in palo alto. they are set to explain some new safety measures implemented after the 2010 explosion that left eight people dead and destroyed dozens of homes. the forum starts tonight in palo alto at the city hall at 6:00. the city of oakland is scrambling to come up with a plan to deal with a huge hit to its budget as protestors crashed a meeting on budget cuts. gil diaz reports from outside city hall, with a plan to save jobs and programs. reporter: good morning. it was already a tense and heated meeting last night at the city council meeting but things got uglier and noisier when "occupy" protestors stormed in. the protestors' shouts forced the city council to take a 30- minute break. mayor jean quan did not return to the meeting after the recess. the meeting focused on how to

cut $28 million from the budget. and the city has until february 1 to figure it out. the city administrator suggested consolidating departments and cutting several programs such as children's fairyland and oakland's zoo. but before abandoning the meeting, mayor quan tried unsuccessfully to explain the budget situation to the crowd. >> even some of the unions here tonight, your parent unions agreed to the elimination of redevelopment because one group has been -- one group has been pitted against another. >> reporter: it turns out the number of layoffs that the city had originally thought of doing is less. 81 jobs now at risk instead of the 100 to 200 range. now, local union 1021 feels that the city council is rushing to making some budget cut decisions. it issued a statement last night. "we want to help the city find solutions that work, but we still need information and time

to figure out how it do this best for everyone." back to you, grace. >> live in oakland, gil diaz, thank you. well, it is 5:05. get you out the door. i think you're going to love the weather. traffic is quite the too. >> everything is on time for bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries. we ten to check in to be sure everything is on time and it is. there is macworld 2012 starting so howard street is closed. a street closure between 3rd and 4th. so watch out for that. this is an annual thing so macworld 2012 kicks off. elsewhere we'll take you back outside, a live look at the nimitz. high street on and off-ramp once again reopened on northbound 880. that was an issue overnight. the san mateo bridge looks pretty good. there may be a little bit of fog so that's why the picture looks a little cloudy this morning so fog in the san mateo bridge and the golden gate bridge but no official fog advisory there or anything like that from chp. so we'll have more traffic, more "timesaver traffic" coming

up. in the meantime let's talk about the weather. here's lawrence. >> it's been so nice. yesterday a fantastic day. those temperatures running a good five to seven degrees above average even some 70s into the monterey bay. now the clouds have moved back in, thick, too. temperatures are staying mild at this hour but skies are mostly cloudy even some patchy, dense fog and drizzle at the coast. we are in the 50s right now. high pressure starting to flatten out allowing for a few more high clouds spilling in on the top of the ridge and sea breeze kicking in. we are going to cool down the temperatures for today, not all that bad, sneaking in some sunshine by the afternoon, 60s into san jose and santa clara. also those temperatures up in the 60s in the east bay and you get inside the bay, the temperatures in the 50s and the 60s. this weekend, guys, those offshore winds are going to blow! it is going to be some kind of weekend. we'll tell you more about that in a few minutes. >> what's snapping. >> winds blowing offshore, you'll love it! how vandals ruined a mural design by kids in the south

bay. >> also ahead -- >> and i would never be disrespectful in that manner. >> okay. a meet and greet turns mighty ugly. the argument between the president and arizona's governor. we got pictures, too, coming up. >> in a long, long workday nobody likes them but how they could actually be hurting your health. we'll explain. get married? married? there were so many things i was gonna do first. i was gonna hike the appalachian trail. or is it "appa-lah-chian"? and i still have to learn to play the drums. cowbell? cowbell! and i still need to finish my short film. action! okay. but we have a lot to get done first. [ announcer ] before you make your leap, make a list. then get going in the completely redesigned cr-v. all new, from honda.

in somalia, will be re-uniting with her welcome back. let's check our top stories. the american rescued by a navy seal team from captors in somalia will be reunited today with their families after being captured last october. the same team that killed osama

bin laden freed the hostages yesterday. we'll hear from jessica buchanan's father this 30 minutes. two buildings several stories high have come crashing down in brazil last night. two people are feared dead in rio de janiero. witnesses heard a loud explosion before the collapse which could have been caused by a natural gas leak. the city as mayor says the buildings collapsed due to structural damage. 5:11. arizona's governor gets an earful from president obama. this meet and greet on the tarmac turned very tense yesterday afternoon. reporters on scene say both kept interrupting one another and at one point governor jan brewer pointed her finger at the president. this may have started after the president expressed his disappointment with her book. >> i would never be disrespectful in that manner. >> did he walk away from you at the end? >> i i believe that when we were in the conversation that i was in the middle of a sentence and he walked away. >> a white house official says the president noted that brewer

described their last meeting inaccurately in the book. >> the book is called? >> scorpions for breakfast. >> she's a pistol. i have interviewed her a couple of times. >> clearly she is. >> she doesn't take anything from anybody. believe me. 5:11. deciding the fate of california's high-speed rail project. the new signs that it could be coming to a screeching halt. >> also ahead, a big makeover for fisherman's wharf. the plan to expand the tourist hotspot. lawrence? >> final some snow in the sierra nevada. the snow report is back if you are headed up there. tell you what, the roads should be clear this weekend, partly cloudy skies, 25 to 35" at heavenly. northstar looking good 18 to 36" and packed powder. how about squaw valley! partly cloudy skies, 36"! we'll have more on your weather when we come back. ,,,,

ross mirkarimi argues to go back sheriff time for our top stories. today san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi argues to go back home. the embattled sheriff will be in court with his new attorney. he is fighting to lift the order against contact with his wife and his 2-year-old son. oakland police have a $1 million warrant for suspected kill remon mcdaniel wanted for killing an east oakland man on january 4. republican presidential candidates are taking center stage in their final debate in florida. this is tonight just before the primary. it's expected to be a two-man

battle between mitt romney and newt gingrich. voters could decide the fate of california's high-speed rail project. the secretary of state approved an initiative for signature gathering to begin on a voter referendum. it would eliminate the 98 billion-dollar project to connect passengers from san francisco to l.a. more than 800,000 signatures are needed to be submitted by june 21 to qualify for the state ballot. california is trying to clear the wear cleaner cars. the state -- clear the air with cleaner cars. the state will vote on whether to require vehicles that emit three-quarters less smog producing pollutants by 2025. the rules will mandate that one of every seven new cars sold in the state be zero emissions or hybrids. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> the golden gate bridge, there is a lot of fog this morning across the deck.

our live "timesaver traffic" traffic cameras show you traffic heading into san francisco. problem southbound 101 by cochran road there is a mattress in the road so not sure if that's what caused the accident but there are lanes blocked. no slowing on the sensors but watch out for that in the southbound lanes. heading into san jose, quiet on northbound 280, 101 looks good. guadalupe parkway, no major issues across the south bay except for the one accident. taking you back outside live in the commute direction of westbound 92 about 13 minutes off the high-rise. quiet in both directions. at the bay bridge lower deck roadwork that has yet to be wrapped up. otherwise in the commute direction westbound 80 obviously no delays. no metering lights yet. so you're good to go across the

deck heading into san francisco. remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. did you get a chance to enjoy the sunshine yesterday? >> i did. i took a walk, it was beautiful. >> it was fantastic. those temperatures running a good five to seven degrees above average for today. the clouds have moved back in and we are seeing some of that thick fog out there. temperatures are mild. this afternoon cooler temperatures partly cloudy skies 50s and 60s. the ridge of high pressure bringing us nice weather is flattening out a bit. that's allowing for some cooler air to begin to move onshore and a few more clouds. the rain line for the most part is going to stay to the north. so we'll stay dry in the bay area and that means some nice weather. 55 in redding, 65 sacramento, 61 fresno. toward the bay area those temperatures running into the 60s as you head to the south bay, mid-60s even into morgan

hill. 50s at the coast. east bay, 60s this afternoon with partial clearing. inside the bay another good day but not as warm as it's been. temperatures warming up as early as friday. offshore winds blow a bit and that means we're looking good into the weekend. that may clear us out, get this guys, all the way to the coast on saturday. patchy fog at the coast on sunday. then cooling off monday, tuesday, wednesday. but no rain in sight. >> you're excited. >> no more coffee for you. >> cut him off now. [ laughter ] >> only 5:19. >> what are you drinking this morning? >> he should share. 5:19 now. new at 5:00 today' reward to catch a south bay vandal. someone vandalized a mural at a park in san jose monday or tuesday. children and volunteers painted the mural to promote peace. supervisor dave cortes is offering $1,000 to catch that culprit. >> fisherman's wharf will be

getting a face-lift since 2006 the san francisco planning department has been working with organizations to explore improvements to the area and now it's moving on with its next phase of detailed design. >> what this design does is really prioritize the need for pedestrians, gives them more space, provides new amenities, new public seating, new generous spaces for restaurants to overflow out into the street. it's really a chance to bring a whole new diversity of level and life to the street that's not there now. >> it will move along jefferson street stretching between powell and hyde streets. the plan hopes to make the area more enjoyable and easily accessible for all the visitors and the local businesses down on the wharf. 5:20. you work hard for the money! isn't that a song. >> donna summer. you want to break into it? >> no. >> but how that can actually backfire on you in the long run. >> something you won't see at walmart any more. what the big box store is

finally getting rid of. that and more when we come back.

okay, guys. companies that received federal government bailouts still owe taxpayers nearly $133 billion. the official in charge of the

$700 billion bailout says some of that money will never be recovered. the treasury department now trying to sell off its stake in more than 450 bailed-out companies. more people are work longer hours and that may be hurting their mental health. researchers followed 2,000 british workers that compared people who worked 11 hours a day or people who just worked 8. the chances of depression were more than double in those who worked those extra hours. so enjoy your time off. >> yes, we will. welcome to walmart. that's a greeting late night shoppers are not going to be hearing thanks to a new money- saving move. bloomberg reports that the big box chain is pulling greeters off the overnight shifts. about 3,000 workers have been reassigned to other roles like stocking shelves. one spokesman says the idea is to have more staff on shifts at busier times. the tradition of greeters dates back to 1980 with the goal of making the stores feel friendlier. a modesto woman gives salvation army a gift they will

never forget. 96-year-old eleanor gave the charity a check to the tune of $1.7 million. she died in 2010 and friends say she and her husband saved every penny and good investments made them millionaires but they never showed t half of that money will go to the modesto salvation army chapter. and we all remember the fumble that cost the 49ers the nfc championship game. >> there were two actually. but if you think kyle williams took it hard, check it kid. >> what's wrong? [ kid sobbing and squeaking ] >> you thought the 49ers would be in the super bowl? [ laughter ] >> maybe next year they will be in the super bowl. [ crying ] >> still love you, you still love me is it who's got it better than us. >> nobody! [ laughter ] >> oh!! >> that poor kid. we were all feeling it. you should have seen me late sunday night about 8:30. >> curled up in a ball in the

corner of the room crying. >> you just felt numb because that's the way the game ended. >> i think it's so funny because i think that's how a lot of fans felt at the end of the game. >> i know. it's so final of the you're there! great -- uhm.... we're done. see you next year. who has it better than us? >> nobody. >> actually the patriots and the giants do right now. >> don't rub it in. >> i know. 5:26. the national honor for some young bay area geniuses. >> how their inventions are changing the world. >> iphone fans and the apple obsessed take san francisco by storm. cnet's kara tsuboi is here with what's hot at macworld in a couple of minutes. >> reporter: the states are high for san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi at a court hearing today. we'll tell you what the judge is set to decide coming up. >> plus a crucial city council meeting interrupted by "occupy oakland." how a heated debate over saving jobs turned into near chaos.

today to see his family. what a legal shakeup means for his domestic violence trial. affic ad libs san francisco sheriff fighting today to see his family once again. a little shake-up in his domestic violence trial. >> macworld kicks off today. we'll tell you about the san francisco street closures coming up. high clouds and dense fog in the bay area. we'll talk about the forecast coming up.

good morning, everyone. thursday, january 26. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. the time is 5:29. we begin with the second time this week san francisco sheriff is heading to court. >> he returns this afternoon to ask for permission to finally go back home. anne makovec in san francisco where ross mirkarimi has a new lawyer. >> reporter: this is the first time he will appear with berkeley lawyer lidia stiglich after he parted ways with a lawyer that brought him thus far. the big deal about today's hearing is that it is about that protective ordering forking him to stay away from his wife and son. a judge could decide to lift that protective order. mirkarimi charged with three misdemeanor counts right now, domestic violence battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness that's after that incident on new year's eve when he is accused of bruising their wife's arm in front of their 2-year-old son. he turned in his guns. despite pressure, he is planning to stay on as sheriff. so he says he won't collect any

pay during his trial which is set to start on february 24. until then it looks like he won't be forced out of office. >> he wouldn't be thrown out as sheriff in the political process because it's too complicated. there would be a trial of the board of supervisors. >> reporter: the list of witnesses came out yesterday including his wife, eliana lopez. she so far denied the charges. mirkarimi's ex-girlfriend is also expected it take the stand. christina flores with a similar accusation of abuse and then there's ivory madison the neighborbrought this case to police after she says mirkarimi's wife came to her house asking her to photograph that alleged bruise. also on the witness list for the trial, another neighbor, a domestic violence expert and several investigators. back to you guys. >> anne, there's been so much focus on ross mirkarimi for the past couple of weeks. will the media be allowed into

the courtroom today? >> reporter: as far as i know, the media will not be allowed into the courtroom today. everybody always tries to talk to mirkarimi and his lawyer on the way into and out of the courtroom. and i'm sure that will be attempted today. at first, he was very open to talking. and he has been a little more tight-lipped. we'll see how his new lawyer deals with this, lidia stiglich. the hearing begins at 2:30 this afternoon. >> thank you, anne makovec in san francisco. testimony will continue today in a high-profile murder trial in san francisco, as well. andrew bologna broke down in tears yesterday's testified against the alleged gunman who shot and killed his father and two brothers. polonia said he saw edwin ramos open fire on his father's car as they drove home from a family outing in 2008. prosecutors allege the suspected ms-13 gang men mistook them for live gang

members. 18-year-old grant richman was attacked in san diego last month. doctors didn't expect him to survive but he is now in rehab and is improving. the suspects are charged with the attack on him and a number. other people that very same night. oakland city leaders expected a heated debate over the budget but what they didn't expect was to be drowned out by protestors. gil diaz in oakland with the attempt to save jobs from budget cuts. it's a tough time, gil. >> reporter: tough and noisy time for the city council last night. the city has to figure out how to slash $28 million from its budget by february 1. yesterday's meeting was a major disruption. "occupy" protestors stormed into the meeting chanting and shouting forcing the council to take a break and mayor quan didn't return to the meeting

afterwards. council chambers packed with more than with more than 100 people. the council was prepared to hear from 65 people who signed up to speak but the disruption slowed down the process. the city attorney says the city seniority rules are still trying to be figured out, they probably won't know who has a job until the end of next week. back to you. >> thank you. the man who will decide whether pg&e will be fined for that deadly explosion in san bruno is also in charge of the

california public utilities commission. commission president michael peavy has named himself as head of of the legal probe. federal and state reviews faulted the agency's oversight in the past. pg&e could face millions in fines. later today pg&e and commission representatives will discuss reforms made in response to the explosion in palo alto. both groups will explain safety upgrades since the 2010 disaster that left 8 people dead and destroyed dozens of homes in san bruno. that included high pressure testing and repair work. representatives are expected to take questions from the public, as well. let's get an update on the roads with elizabeth. >> we'll take you out towards morgan hill. we are dealing with this accident. there is a mattress in the road. it is going against the commute southbound 101 by cochran. it was a car that hit the center divide and not sure how the mattress was involved but again that's in the road as

well so a mess there by cochrane. no major delays on the sensors north- or southbound 101. coming into san jose through downtown it looks okay. out of downtown san jose on 280 quiet. a few more headlights on 280. all those cars heading towards cupertino. 101 guadalupe parkway still problem-free, delay-free. we have macworld 2012 kicking off today by south of market in san francisco. so there are street closures in the area and muni reroutes. howard street is closed between 3rd and 4th and expect muni delays if you are in the area as well for the next few days. outside a live look through milpitas, westbound 237 a lot of our cameras are socked in with fog this morning. visibility is a problem heading out the door. westbound 237 no delay from milpitas to san jose. coming up we check mass transit. in the meantime, lawrence has a check. foggy forecast. >> elizabeth were you thinking about doing the bangs thing

like grace? i was thinking about that. >> leave my bangs alone. [ laughter ] >> it might work for me. i'm just saying. >> i made a haircut appointment too late and now i think i have to cancel it so i have to make a phone call after we get off the air today. >> all right. let's get back to weather. we have some low clouds and fog that's swept onshore some drizzle at the coastline this morning some dense fog in some of the valleys out there now. skies mostly cloudy. the temperatures staying very mild because of the cloud cover. mainly into the 50s right now. we have some big-time swells moving in along the coastline. you're going to want to watch out for that. high pressure weakening. high surf advise very at the coast. some swells moving to about 15 feet out of the west so getting big out there along the coastline. highs today in the 50s and 60s. nice this afternoon, not as warm as yesterday. that's the latest forecast, guys, back to you. >> you make me laugh, my friend. 5:37. new this morning word from iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad that's ready for nuclear talks with the world

powers. iran is facing some tougher sanctions now in a move to get them to give up their nuclear program. the united nations nuclear agency team will visit iran this weekend. two buildings several stories high have come crashing down in brazil, this happened last night in rio de janiero. two people are feared dead. witnesses heard a loud explosion before the collapse which could have been caused by a natural gas leak. the city's mayor says the buildings collapsed because of structural damages. the american rescued by a navy seal team from her captors in somalia has landed in italy and is on her way home. 32-year-old jessica buchanan and her danish colleague, both aid workers, were captured by somali pirates in october. seal team 6 the same unit which killed osama bin laden helped to free the hostages yesterday. buchanan's friend and

professors in pennsylvania say they are ecstatic as well as relieved. >> it's about 2:30 this morning i happened to be checking my computer just went up and briefly looked at it and i saw this note and i was like wow, i can't believe it. >> up all night checking his email. all right. president obama called jessica's family yesterday to give them the good news. her father tells cbs news jessica is doing okay and after his phone call with the president, he says he is proud to be an american. republican presidential candidates are taking center stage in their final debate in florida before the primary. >> it's expected to be a two- man battle between mitt romney and newt gingrich. they are using their time on the campaign to take swipes at president obama. they are criticizing president obama's tax ideas. wolf blitzer will moderate. an unusual meet and greet for president obama turned into a tense exchange between him

and arizona governor jan brewer yesterday. at one point she pointed her finger at the president. turns out the president was telling her that he was very disappointed with parts of her book. brewer told reporters the president took offense with her portrayal of him during an earlier meeting. kind of let it out in mid- sentence the president just walked away. >> pictures of everything. >> mac fans unite. cnet's kara tsuboi is here with a scoop on all things apple. >> the last experiment sent a cannon blasting through a bay area neighborhood. >> oops. >> yeah. the new request from the "mythbusters" that should give you a hint. it's all coming up.

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my name is james craig, i'm committed to making a difference and i am a phoenix. u.s. stock futures are high they are morning after gains today in most global markets. the dow will open about 45 minutes from now. at its highest level we have seen since last may. stocks closed higher yesterday

after the federal reserve said it probably will not raise interest rates until 2014. it cut interest rates three years ago. netflix stocks jumped more than 10% in after-hours trading. the video subscription service says it regained 600,000 customers in the u.s. in the 4th quarter starting to recover from a revolt against a price increase. netflix lost 800,000 subscribers when it raised prices by 60%. the big show with the latest and greatest software and devices kicking off in san francisco. kara tsuboi joins us. >> apple does not take part in this, do they? >> that's right. >> how come? >> in 2009, that was the last time afternoonle participate, the las time they gave a keynote presentation. the company said we want to present our own products release our own products on our

own schedule. >> this is basically a convention of all the team that make products that make your iphone and pad so wonderful. >> absolutely. >> the hottest selling products are the iphone and ipad. >> shocker. >> it's not the i-photo and all the os software updates. people want the gadgets so we are seeing a lot of cases and apps. those are the two hot things that we are going to see this year at macworld but it will be like the more good eveningy techie insider stuff. >> what's going to be new is a whole lot more cultural events. people are using these devices to create music. to create art. >> look at this movie shot on an iphone. gorgeous resolution. it was edited on mac. so we'll see lots of things

like this. movies, music, and then even art. it's going to be all participatory, too. >> i work for a tv station where we actually use our phones and submit reports when we were covering storms. shoot this, send by email and it's on the air in a few minutes. >> they changed the name, too, didn't they? >> of course. >> why? >> since it's apple it has to have a little i in front of it so it's mac world iworld and it's just, you know, a way of branding making it sound more like it's from apple. >> this is open to the public. >> yes. it's a three-day show. $45 gets you insurance? to the main hall not into the all-tech tox. $45 is the base and packages are close to $900.

>> now, iphone 5 and ipad 3,. >> they're coming out quick? >> you never know with apple. no release dates. there is talk. everyone thinks an ipad this spring would make sense with the flow of their release schedules. and then ipad this summer -- or iphone this summer. >> kara tsuboi, thank you so much. let's kick it over to traffic now. road closure in the area if you are planning to go over south of market in san francisco, howard shut down between 3rd and 4th. there may be muni delays in the area,

but he's a finalist in a top science competition. 17-year old jin (gin) pan, of gun high school in palo alto, will be competing in the intel science talent search in march. he'll have a chance to win 630- thousand dollars in prizes. and his qualifying project could one day impact medicine, biomechanics and computer science. "it was proposed about 30 years ago i think i am the first to find evidence for it across all organisms." "a novel protein translation kinetics model supports ribosomal pause theory." also among the local intel

science talent search finalists: 17 year-old alissa zhang of saratoga high and 18 year-old sah-rob sha-ran of bellarmine high in san jose. time is 5: the mythbusters are back, and they've got a giant new experiment in the bay area! plus: "here ripple here ripple here ripples." from snakes on a plane.. to a kitty in a cabin. how a frightened cat caused a cockpit commotion. frightening moments.. caught on tape... of a roof collapsing ,,,,

an ice rink. this happened in slovakia. a youth hockey team ran to safety... as heavy snow brought down the ceiling. nobody was hurt. just one day after reporting record profits... apple is coming under fire for its working conditions in china. the new york times reports this morning that workers.. some as young as 15... have been plagued by long hours, unsafe working conditions and even physical punishments. the profile also details that dozens have been injured and a handful killed in explosions and other accidents at the plants. apple says it has adopted a code of conduct for its suppliers. cleaning up california cars... the state's air resources board is set to vote on new rules that would require automakers to build cars and trucks by 2025 that emit about three- quarters less smog producing pollutants.

the rules also mandate that one of every seven new cars sold in the state be a zero emission or hybrid vehicle. a jumbo request from the people at mythbusters. remember those guys who accidentally shot a cannonball at a dublin home, while shooting an episode of their t-v series. well one of hosts tweeted that they're looking for a 200 seat plane for a couple of days to use in the bay area. he adds quote, "we won't blow it up". it's not clear what they re doing: maybe they're trying to see if a plane can fit under the golden gate bridge. a big delay on an air canada flight was blamed on a cat who may have wanted a seat upgrade. "ripples" the cat escaped from his crate yesterday. flight attendants said they had to turn the plane's engine off, in attempt to calm down the ten-year-old feline. his owner says some people tried to catch ripples in first class. he made it all the way to the cockpit.

debbie harris ripples' owner "he went under the captain's feet, they didn't even see him in there ground control was called in to remove some electrical panels in the cockpit and finally freed ripples. his owner says this was his first and last trip on a plane. 5: traffic and weather... here's elizabeth with your time- saver traffic. it's 5-- in the next half

hour: a breakthrough this morning in nuclear tensions with iran. how iran's president is caving to pressure from the u-s. and.. a high rise building comes crumbing down in brazil. what witnesses heard just moments before the collapse.

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